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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can read more
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all read more
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though read more
I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished.